Euclid man charged with firing gun in Wickliffe hotel room

A Euclid man was arrested after firing a gun Tuesday in a Wickliffe hotel.

At 4:24 p.m., Wickliffe Police responded to the Mosley Select Suites at 28500 Euclid Ave. for a report of a gun shot in a hotel room, said Police Lt. Pat Hengst.

The caller, a guest in an adjoining room, said shouting occurred in the room before the gun fire. When officers arrived to room 255, they found 34-year-old Sultan S. Lyons alone in the room, Hengst said.

Lyons told police his 9mm handgun, which he owned legally, misfired when he was handling it. The bullet travelled from the bedroom area through a wall and was found on the bathroom floor, Hengst said.

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Lyons also told police he was just in an argument with his girlfriend on the phone, which may account for the shouting heard by the 911 caller. The girlfriend was contacted at her workplace and she verified Lyons's statement, Hengst said.

Lyons, of 18630 Meredith Ave., was charged with a fourth-degree misdemeanor of discharging a firearm in city limits, as well as minor misdemeanors of marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He posted a bond of 10 percent of $2,000 and is scheduled to be arraigned in Willoughby Municipal Court on Feb. 28.